Saturday, June 5, 2010

Drug boosts survival in major skin cancer study



CHICAGO-Researchers have scored the first big win against melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. An experimental drug significantly improved survival in a major study of people with very advanced disease. The results, reported Saturday at a cancer conference, left doctors elated. "We have not had any therapy that has prolonged survival" until now, said Dr. Lynn Schuchter of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania, a skin cancer specialist with no...

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